Work Place Toxicity

[Gem]

I work on my own, and if a customer is seriously toxic (I never had one), I don't serve them anymore, so I'm not subject to tolerating anyone's toxicity, but work becomes toxic on its own, and every now and then I wake up and say, 'Not today'. If I 'push through' when I'm really feeling worn down, then I become the one who is toxic, not directly toward anyone, but in my general attitude toward everything. I am self-employed, so I can say, 'Not today,' or if I have a terrible customer I can drop them, but most have a job and don't have the control to just say 'no', and it must be terrible to be forced to endure any on-going toxic situation.